‘Who would do 100 points now in modern football?’: Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola takes dig at Liverpool | Football News

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola took a dig at league leaders Liverpool’s title bid, saying that even if they do win the title, they won’t be able to touch 100 points, something that the Spaniard achieved with his City side in the 2017/18 season.
“We took all the records in England. Who would do 100 points now in modern football? I’m waiting. Or four in a row? I’m waiting – with clubs like Bournemouth, Fulham and Wolves that you have to play,” Guardiola said on the eve of City’s match with Newcastle.
“The standards, we dictated. Have you seen Liverpool this season? They cannot do 100 points already – 99 but not 100,” he added.
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City are currently 5th in the Premier League table with Guardiola’s side having a pretty dismal season according to their standards, even going on a losing streak. In recent weeks, they lost 5-1 to Arsenal and then in the Champions League 1st leg playoff, they were defeated Real Madrid 2-3. Next week, if they fail to defeat Real at the Bernabéu, City are looking at an early exit from Europe’s premier competition.
“I asked Gundo (Ilkay Gundogan) yesterday, ‘two years ago you were here, you were one year in Barcelona and you come back here, did you see changes in the Premier League?’ He said massively, the difference was unbelievable. It’s the truth. The teams are much, much, much better in all departments. People prepare so well,” Pep said.

“We cannot do it for the (injury) problems we’ve had. There are a lot of players, with the amount of minutes they have had, who are so tired, emotionally as well. But guys, we deserve to have a bad season. We deserve not to be like we were. They are human beings, it can happen. We weren’t consent and we haven’t had the players at their best,” he added.